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“You Don’t Get to Define Me”: Jewelry as a Dandyist Narrative at the 2025 Met Gala

This year’s Met Gala theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, wasn’t about pretty clothes for the sake of beauty. It was about transformation where every detail was turned into a carefully curated intention. Within this context, the spirit of Black dandyism rang out with particular resonance. Dandyism, at its core, is elegance as resistance. For Black communities...

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